Hillary on Guns

License and register all handgun sales Hillary Rodham Clinton offered her support for a legislative proposal to license hand guns. The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Charles Schumer, would require anyone who wants to purchase a gun to obtain a state-issued photo gun license. “I stand in support of this common sense legislation to license everyone who wishes to purchase a gun,” Clinton said. “I also believe that every new handgun sale or transfer should be registered in a national registry, such as Chuck is proposing.”
Source: CNN.com Jun 2, 2000


This is insane. You have to stand in line, get photographed, background checked, blood-typed, fingerprinted, DNA'd, first-borned, arm and legged, etc in order to purchase a legal item, which you are legally permitted to purchase???

Tough gun control keeps guns out of wrong hands I think it does once again urge us to think hard about what we can do to make sure that we keep guns out of the hands of children and criminals and mentally unbalanced people. I hope we will come together as a nation and do whatever it takes to keep guns away from people who have no business with them.
Source: Press Release Jul 31, 1999

ATF Form 4473 covers everything she pontificates about here.

Gun control protects our children We will not make progress on a sensible gun control agenda unless the entire American public gets behind it. It is really important for each of you [kids] to make sure you stay away from guns. If you have guns in your home, tell your parents to keep them away from you and your friends and your little brothers and sisters.
Source: Forum at South Side Middle School in Nassau County Jul 15, 1999

You just can't legislate morality, try as she might.


Lock up guns; store ammo separately If you own a gun... make sure it’s locked up and stored without the ammunition. In fact, make it stored where the ammunition is stored separately. We’ve made some progress in the last several years with the Brady Bill and some of the bans on assault weapons, but we have a lot of work to do.
Source: ABC’s “Good Morning America” Jun 4, 1999

Few things are as worthless when needed as an unloaded firearm. I would hate to have to ask someone breaking into my home to please wait 2 minutes while I unlock the 2 safes to get the gun from one and the ammo from another.

No one wants to see guns in the hands of the wrong people, or in the hands of children not properly trained in their handling. Again, you cannot legislate morality. Ted Kennedy has killed more people than any gun in our shop.